<quoted text>George. Really? You know this how? You read my mind? How about we read my post that started this whole thing?<quoted text>From that you get that I meant thermonuclear? Wow. Now you have gone from trying to distract and divert to flat lying. Sad.

No, kid...you were speaking of fusion weapons...you gave yourself away all over the other threads you dragged this through.Carry on

<quoted text>I don't pretend to know the difference, George. I went to an expert, both in the field of nuclear weapons and WWII history, and they confirmed the facts as you had put them forth.My rule: Surround yourself with smart people and listen to them.You know this is far afield from my area of interest, but the Atom bombs used in WWII were not nuclear.

<quoted text>I don't pretend to know the difference, George. I went to an expert, both in the field of nuclear weapons and WWII history, and they confirmed the facts as you had put them forth.My rule: Surround yourself with smart people and listen to them.You know this is far afield from my area of interest, but the Atom bombs used in WWII were not nuclear.

Sounds like you need to surround yourself with some smarter people 'cause even I know them atomics bombs we dropped was nucleared.

I have a hunch "atomic" and "thermonuclear" were words coined to help lay people differentiate the two types of nuclear weapons: fission and fusion. Since lay people have a tendency to confuse the two, I wouldn't be surprised if the powers that be came up with the first two to help people keep them straight.

As the only part of an atom that is involved in nuclear reactions is indeed the nucleus, then it is correct to call either fission or fusion weapons to be nuclear weapons. "Atomic" weapons is misleading, as that inplies the entire atom was split, whereas only the nucleus is "split", and that involves basically protons and neutrons, the associated electrons (away from the nucleus) follow the resultant new atoms and are not part of the "splittng".

Nuclear power plants are called that even though every single one that was built uses the fission process, so that undercuts your argument. None are called "atomic power plants" anymore.

So yes, nuclear weapons of the fission type were used in WWII. They were indeed called "atomic bombs"; that does not negate the fact that the two bombs used were nuclear bombs.

<quoted text>I have a hunch "atomic" and "thermonuclear" were words coined to help lay people differentiate the two types of nuclear weapons: fission and fusion. Since lay people have a tendency to confuse the two, I wouldn't be surprised if the powers that be came up with the first two to help people keep them straight.As the only part of an atom that is involved in nuclear reactions is indeed the nucleus, then it is correct to call either fission or fusion weapons to be nuclear weapons. "Atomic" weapons is misleading, as that inplies the entire atom was split, whereas only the nucleus is "split", and that involves basically protons and neutrons, the associated electrons (away from the nucleus) follow the resultant new atoms and are not part of the "splittng".Nuclear power plants are called that even though every single one that was built uses the fission process, so that undercuts your argument. None are called "atomic power plants" anymore.So yes, nuclear weapons of the fission type were used in WWII. They were indeed called "atomic bombs"; that does not negate the fact that the two bombs used were nuclear bombs.

The point is, Che's assertion was that fusion weapons were used. She's been on this Quixotic multi-thread tirade over colloquialisms for ten days.

<quoted text>It was? Show me a post where I said that fusion weapons were used in WWII. Just one. You should be able to do that, shouldn't you Georgie? At least you should if what you are claiming is true.

I've played your game on this tiresome losing rampage of yours for ten days, little girl. Every point has been argued and the general consensus is you're wrong from the angle you've been pursuing. It's just gotten boring.

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